Casey Grove Alaska Public Media

Anchorage, AK
March 12, 2024

This Unalakleet restaurant is delivering hot pizza and warm messages to exhausted Iditarod mushers

Mushers’ family, friends and fans began calling Peace on Earth weeks ago to place pizza orders. Many asked for special messages to be written…

Anchorage, AK
March 5, 2024

‘It was ugly’: Iditarod musher kills and guts moose after encounter on trail

Race rules allow Iditarod mushers to carry firearms for protection from large animals like moose, but they must stop to gut any big game…

Anchorage, AK
October 23, 2023

Alaska foster children were a gold mine for North Star Behavioral Health’s founders the report reveals.

The company that owns one of Alaska’s main psychiatric hospitals for children made over $13 billion last year, profiting greatly from states placing foster…

Anchorage, AK
October 19, 2023

Alaska pollock trawlers are experiencing the pressure of salmon caught bycatch. The reporter visited the area to observe the issue for himself

Fisheries reporter Hal Bernton visited a Bering Sea factory trawler to see how its crew caught and processed pollock — and how the captain…

Anchorage, AK
October 17, 2023

Alaska Congresswoman Peltola returned to D.C. following husband’s death

As she cast her vote for Speaker on Tuesday, members on both sides of the aisle rose to give her a standing ovation….

Anchorage, AK
October 16, 2023

Alaska Medicaid fraud investigation leads to indictment for Kenai doctor and staff

Each of the defendants faces 23 criminal counts, including fraud, theft and fraudulent insurance acts….

Anchorage, AK
October 3, 2023

Staffing shortages at Alaska pharmacies continue after pandemic-related shakeup

An ongoing shortage of pharmacists means that many Alaska pharmacies are open for fewer hours and have longer wait times to get prescriptions filled….

Anchorage, AK
September 29, 2023

From a dive trip to household expenses, this is the way 8 Alaskans are spending their PFD

Eligible Alaskans will see Permanent Fund dividends arrive in their bank accounts Oct. 5, with paper checks expected by Oct. 26….

Anchorage, AK
September 21, 2023

Alaska bears”doughnut heist” make international headlines: “I’m still receiving calls,’ the manager of the store claims.

Store manager Shelly Deano says that “Krispy Kreme has taken measures.”…

Anchorage, AK
September 14, 2023

Alaska’s 2 biggest grocery chains to sell stores as part of merger. This business professor explains why

The two biggest grocery store chains in the country, and in Alaska, are moving forward with their multi-billion-dollar merger….

Anchorage, AK
September 1, 2023

Alaska ACLU sues state Department of Corrections for death by suicide in prison

According to the ACLU, 18 people died in DOC custody last year, the most ever in a single year….

Anchorage, AK
September 1, 2023

It is a isolated Alaska Island is the home of a variety of cattle that roam free. However, is it really necessary?

On far-flung Chirikof Island, feral cattle dominate the harsh landscape….